Hubble orbits Earth at 17,000 miles per hour
The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, a speed essential for its stable position and ability to capture breathtaking, distortion-free images of the cosmos.
The Hubble Space Telescope zips around Earth at an incredible 17,000 miles per hour, completing an orbit every 95 minutes. This amazing speed keeps it stable in low Earth orbit, preventing it from falling back to our planet while soaring above atmospheric distortions.
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